lingchi

The English word “lingchi” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.

Borrowed from Mandarin 凌遲 (língchí).

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